(NL Times) On Tuesday, the court at Schiphol acquitted nine men suspected of preparing a terrorist attack from a garage in Eindhoven. They were arrested in September 2021.
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) had previously demanded acquittal against seven suspects, a sentence of four years in prison against Marwan M., and a three-year sentence for Mohammad G. Both M. and G. are 27 years of age. During a coronavirus lockdown in 2021, the men trained together in a garage because the gyms were closed. During their training sessions, M. and G. allegedly pushed the others to plan and commit a terrorist attack. However, the court also acquitted them.
The suspects and their family and friends embraced each other extensively after the verdict.
According to the court, there was no evidence of the suspects’ intentions.
